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Actor Ashton Kutcher speaks during the panel discussion for the sitcom "Two and a Half Men" last year in California. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)

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Iowa native and Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher chatted with Jay Leno on a segment of the "The Tonight Show" that aired Wednesday night.

Kutcher talked about a recent visit to Iowa for the Fourth of July and his family's tradition of lighting off fireworks, which is illegal in Iowa.

"There's a guy, who's got a guy, that's in a different state," he said of where he got the fireworks. "Every small town has a fireworks guy."

Kutcher said he spent a day fusing multiple fireworks together.

"The amount of explosives we put off," he said, "is larger than the amount put off by the town."

He said this year there was a close call. Kutcher's brother put one firework in the launch tube upside down on accident, which caused an explosion when it ignited. Kutcher said he had the "proper safety gear on" and was uninjured.

"Do the cops show up there?" Leno asked.

"Not yet," said Kutcher.

Kutcher also said he used to trade cops Copenhagen chewing tobacco to get out of tickets when he was a kid.

Kutcher later discussed his role in the upcoming release of 'Jobs,' a film biography on Apple founder Steve Jobs. Kutcher said he never met Jobs, whom he called "the Leonardo Da Vinci of our generation."